France, Germany, Britain and Czech Republic Condemn Hamas Rocket Fire on Israel – Herb Keinon
France “utterly condemns the numerous rocket attacks claimed by Hamas, which have deliberately targeted in recent hours several municipalities in southern Israel from the Gaza Strip,” it said in a statement on Tuesday. Germany said: “We strongly condemn this rocket fire. There can be no justification for this violence against innocent civilians. We have always made clear that Israel has the right to defend its security and respond appropriately to attacks.”
The UK Minister of State for the Middle East Alistair Burt said, “I condemn Hamas rocket fire, and am deeply concerned by civilian casualties.” The Czech Republic’s Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek posted on Twitter: “I strongly condemn Hamas & Islamic Jihad attacks from Gaza on Israeli civilians.”
On Monday, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz tweeted that “rocket attacks against Israel & its civilian population are certainly not the way to solve any of Gaza’s problems & must stop immediately.” Emanuele Giaufret, the EU ambassador to Israel, tweeted that he was “following with great concern…the indiscriminate firing of rockets towards the south of Israel. Attacks on civilians are unacceptable and need to stop.” (Jerusalem Post)